PEOPLE v. BALSLEY

No. 2-00-1370.

769 N.E.2d 153 (2002)

329 Ill. App.3d 184

263 Ill.Dec. 951

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael K. BALSLEY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda A. Giesen, Lee County State's Attorney, Dixon, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Louis F. Pignatelli, Patrick J. Liston, Pignatelli, Liston & Mertes, P.C., Rock Falls, for Michael K. Balsley.


Justice GROMETER delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court granted the motion of defendant, Michael K. Balsley, to quash a warrant to search defendant's home and to suppress evidence found during the search. On appeal, the State argues that (1) where officers search curbside trash near a residence and recover contraband and documents linking a suspect and the trash to that residence, probable cause exists to search the residence and (2) during the suppression...

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